November 18, 1918
Former Black Sea Fleet commander and anti-Bolshevik leader Admiral Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak seizes control of Omsk, Siberia, and proclaims himself Supreme Ruler of Russia. With the Czech Legion at his back he invades eastern Russia.
The People's Council of Latvia declares independence from Russia.
A new football club is established in Pergamino, Brazil. it is called Club Atlético Douglas Haig in honor of the British Field Marshall, and is still active today.
Born Today:
Willie McKnight, Canadian member of 242 Squadron RAF during the Battles of France and Britain in World War Two, recipient of the Victoria Cross. Killed in action 1941.
Tasker Watkins, received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Normandy landings in World War Two. Welsh judge, Lord Justice of Appeal from 1980 to 1993. Died 2007
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